Generally, gutter guards keep out all but the smallest debris. Some screen or mesh-type gutter covers won’t prevent small particles like plant seeds and shingle granules from building up in your gutters. Gutter Shutter filters out large debris and can handle small debris due to its large capacity and wide-mouth downspouts. So even when debris does get through, your gutters will never clog.
No. Our professional installers will ensure that this is done properly to avoid damage to your shingles. However, installing other types of gutter covers may require the lower courses of shingles to be pried up to make room for the cover.
Gutter Shutter completely encloses and protects. There are no vertical openings for water or clogging debris to enter, and no screens, inserts or filters to clog. Rainwater flows over and around the nose of the Gutter Shutter by the simple physical law of water surface tension. It’s just like the way water clings to the side of a glass when it’s poured. The Gutter Shutter System has more surface tension than any other system. This will afford you the peace of mind that comes with knowing you no longer will be putting anyone’s health or safety at risk that comes with climbing the ladder to clean your gutters. Your fascia is no longer at risk of additional rotting as the exclusive High Back system ensures your board is covered in aluminum, adding to Gutter Shutter’s water management features.
The steeper the roof, the better Gutter Shutter performs. The funny thing about roofs is that the steeper they get, the less water they catch. A flat roof catches all of the rain that falls over it. As you begin to tilt a flat roof upward, angling its surface to the rain, you reduce the surface area that can catch rain and reduce the total amount of rain to be handled by the gutter. Granted, the water that is caught will flow faster but, fast water flow has no effect on how Gutter Shutter performs.
The Gutter Shutter system has been designed and tested to handle the heaviest rainfalls. Both the 5″ and the 6″ hood have exclusive flow reducers that slow the water coming off your roof. However, it’s the principle of surface tension that keeps the water flowing into the gutter. Surface tension isn’t affected by the amount or speed of the water flowing so even in the heaviest rainfalls, Gutter Shutter will still work smoothly.
